Published Release Notes

Gadget configuration by using IAC gateway console is no longer supported

The Internet Application Composer (IAC) gateway was deprecated in Pega Platform™ 7.2.1 and is no longer supported. The IAC was used to embed a Pega Platform application, such as a gadget, on the pages of a web application that was located on your intranet, extranet, or internet site.

Upgrade impact

After an upgrade to Pega Platform 8.5, the configuration of gadgets through the IAC gateway console is no longer supported.

What steps are required to update the application to be compatible with this change?

To make subsequent changes to your current web mashup, use Pega Web Mashup. 

For more information, see Tutorial: Creating a mashup with Pega Web Mashup.

Pinned classes in Application Explorer

The Application Explorer now includes a Pinned Classes section. This feature allows you to interact with a customized list of classes without having to explicitly switch context in the explorer.

Ability to deprecate a rule

You can deprecate any Rule- instance to indicate that it is no longer supported.

Users are warned when they open or reference a deprecated rule instance.

Ability to deprecate a class

You can deprecate any Rule- class to block users from creating new rule instances.

Users are warned when they open the class rule form or any instance of the class.

Designer Studio responds to deprecated rules

Deprecated classes and rule instances in Pega- rulesets are excluded from:

• Search results
• Application Explorer results
• Lists launched from the Records Explorer
• +Create menus

These restrictions do not apply to classes and rule instances deprecated in your application rulesets.

Retired Six R's

The Designer Studio > Application > Inventory > Six R's landing page has been retired.

Integration landing page updates

The following features and wizards now launch as landing pages in the Designer Studio:

Designer Studio > Integration > Tools > Wizard cleanup

Designer Studio > Integration > Email > Email Accounts

Designer Studio > Integration > Email > Email Listeners

Restructured Process & Rules landing pages

The Designer Studio > Process & Rules > Tools landing page menu has been restructured for better navigation and access:

• The Find Rules by Custom Field wizard now launches as a tab in Designer Studio.
• A new Find Rules menu item consolidates previous wizards. It launches a single landing page with different search criteria options:

Check out rules with errors

You can now check out rules with validation errors. This is helpful when a checked-in version becomes invalidated by changes elsewhere in the application, such as a modified ruleset pre-requisite or a deleted referencing rule.

Create data page from REST integration

When you create a REST integration, you can choose to create a data page (and its related data type and data transforms) that can use the integration as one of its sources.